Periarticular Injection Versus Peripheral Nerve Block in Total Hip Arthroplasty

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Preoperative quadratus lumborum block (QLB)/lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (LFCNB) with ropivacaine and glucocorticoids provide more effective analgesia than periarticular injection (PAI) with the same mixture in total hip arthroplasty (THA).

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Yale University
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elective unilateral primary THA

• All surgical approaches

• American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) status I, II and III.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal;

• Age less than 18 years

• Those with cognitive dysfunction, psychiatric disorder, or non-English speaking patients that cannot consent or communicate clear understanding of the protocol with research team;

• Coagulopathy;